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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
4
A WPA directed program to distribute available oilseed meal to farmers began in January 1944. The effort aims to improve protein feed supplies and support agricultural needs nationwide.
Miss Beulah Bartlett is noted during the Christmas holidays at a seaside cinema engagement. The fragment hints at a social or entertainment event related to Bartlett during the festive period.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a World War II bond drive titled Bonds Over America. Mentions Sakokawea as interpreter, a person aiding as cook, and a U S Treasury bond offering described as a purchase or war bond. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
The junior class children of the First Baptist Church held a Christmas party on Thursday December 21. Their favorite treats were Jell O fruit cake and candy.
Mrs Dick Arnold announced the birth of a baby girl Tuesday December 19 at Mercy Hospital Bakersfield. Both mother and child are reported well with father and proud grandparents Mr and Mrs P L Arnold.
Miss Florence Smith spends Christmas with her relatives in Palo Alto and will return when school starts. James Duane Hamman, a baby boy born Friday evening December 22, brings joy to Sgt. Russell Hamman and Mrs. Hamman formerly Alice Bender. Sgt. Hamman serves in the Army at Springfield, Massachusetts.
End guests were Rev. and Mrs. Wim S Harper hosting their son and his family Mr. and Mrs. E S Harper and Robert and Bante Jean of Los Angeles for a weekend visit.
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